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• A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People, During the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia, in the Year 1793: And a Reputation of some Censures, Thrown upon Them in Some Late Publications (Philadelphia: Printed for the authors by W. W. Woodward, 1794), by Absalom Jones and Richard Allen
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• The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study; Together With a Special Report on Negro Domestic Service (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1899), by W. E. B. Du Bois, contrib. by Isabel Eaton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Who's Who in Philadelphia: A Collection of Thirty Biographical Sketches of Philadelphia Colored People, Selected From Among the Most Useful and Practical, Illustrating What is Being Done Among Them in the City, Together with Cuts and Information of Some of Their Leading Institutions and Organizations (Philadelphia: A.M.E. Book Concern, c1912), by Charles Frederick White (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters on the Condition of the African Race in the United States, by a Southern Lady (Philadelphia: T. K. and P.G. Collins, printers, 1852), by Mrs. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
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• The negro in business in Philadelphia ([Philadelphia], 1917), by Armstrong Association of Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• A study of the Negro tuberculosis problem in Philadelphia (Henry Phipps Institute, 1923), by Sadie Tanner Mossell and Henry Phipps Institute (Philadelphia) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annals of the first African church, in the United States of America : now styled the African Episcopal church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia, in its connection with the early struggles of the colored people to improve their condition, with the co-operation of the Friends, and other philanthropists; partly derived from the minutes of a beneficial society, established by Absalom Jones, Richard Allen and others, in 1787, and partly from the minutes of the aforesaid church (King & Baird, printers, 1862), by William Douglass (page images at HathiTrust)
• Why colored people in Philadelphia are excluded from the street cars (Merrihew & Son, printers, 1866), by B. P. Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Law administration and Negro-white relations in Philadelphia : a study in race relations (Bureau of Municipal Research, 1947), by G. Gordon Brown and Pa.) Bureau of Municipal Research (Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• An appeal from the colored men of Philadelphia to the President of the United States ([Philadelphia, 1862), by J. C. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The adjustment of a school to individual and community needs (Philadelphia, Pa., 1920), by Philip Albert Boyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• The standard of living among one hundred negro migrant families in Philadelphia ([Philadelphia, 1921), by Sadie Tanner Mossell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Plantation life; the narratives of Mrs. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. (Negro Universities Press, 1969), by Mrs. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of Philadelphia real property survey, 1934 : Colored housing ... Federal works progress administration for Pennsylvania. Project 4744. ([Philadelphia, 1934), by United States. Work Projects Administration. Pennsylvania (page images at HathiTrust)
• Miscellaneous essays : containing, among a variety of other articles, History of the yellow fever, which prevailed in Philadelphia in the year 1793 ... Review of the evidence of the pretended general conspiracy of the Roman Catholics of Ireland ... Reflections on the subject of emigration from Europe ... Essays on the public charities of Philadelphia ... A brief view of the policy of the founders of the colonies ... Critical remarks on the tragedy of Hamlet. Vindication of Sterne from the charge of plagiarism, &c. &c. : Collecta revirescunt (printed for Carey & Hart, 1830), by Mathew Carey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sermons preached in the African Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Thomas', Philadelphia (King & Baird, 1854), by William Douglass (page images at HathiTrust)
• Statistics of the colored people of Philadelphia. (T. E. Chapman, 1856), by Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. Board of Education and Benjamin C. Bacon (page images at HathiTrust)
• The adjustment of school to individual and community needs (Philadelphia, Pa., 1920), by Philip Albert Boyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Statistical inquiry into the condition of the people of colour, of the city and districts of Philadelphia. (Printed by Kite & Walton, 1849), by Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) and Society of Friends (page images at HathiTrust)
• The negro in business in Philadelphia. ([Philadelphia, 1917), by Armstrong association of Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• The present state and condition of the free people of color, of the city of Philadelphia and adjoining districts, as exhibited by the report of a committee of the Pennsylvania society for promoting the abolition of slavery, &c. Read first month (Jan.) 5th, 1838. (The Society, 1838), by Pennsylvania society for promoting the abolition of slavery and African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The present state and condition of the free people of color, of the city of Philadelphia and adjoining districts, as exhibited by the report of a committee of the Pennsylvania society for promoting the abolition of slavery, &c. Read first month (Jan.) 5th, 1838. (The Society, 1838), by Pennsylvania society for promoting the abolition of slavery (page images at HathiTrust)
• A statistical inquiry into the condition of the people of colour (Printed by Kite & Walton, 1849), by Society of Friends (page images at HathiTrust)
• The present state and condition of the free people of color, of the city of Philadelphia and adjoining districts, as exhibited by report of a committee of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, &c. (The Society, 1838), by Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery (page images at HathiTrust)
• Negro housing in Philadelphia ([Philadelphia], 1927), by Thomas Jackson Woofter, Madge Headley Priest, Philadelphia. Interracial commission, and Institute of Social and Religious Research (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Philadelphia Negro : a social study (Published for the University, 1899), by W. E. B. Du Bois and Isabel Eaton (page images at HathiTrust)
• An address delivered before the different African benevolent societies, on the first of Januaury, 1819, and published at their particular request ... (Printed for the author, 1819), by Lewis Tapsico (page images at HathiTrust)
• Centennial historical souvenir of "Mother" Bethel A.M.E. Church, Philadelphia, Pa. : also places of interest and churches of all denominations, (colored) ([Philadelphia] : Published by the Historical Society, [1916], 1916), by Charles Simpson Butcher, Richard R. Wright, and Pa.). Historical Commission Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief history of St. Thomas' Church, Philadelphia, Penna. : founded 1794. ([Philadelphia?] : [St. Thomas' Church?], [1908], 1908), by Charles Simpson Butcher (page images at HathiTrust)
• A statistical inquiry into the condition of the people of colour of the city and districts of Philadelphia. (Printed by Kite & Walton, 1849), by Society of Friends (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia Autumn Fair and industrial business exhibit ([Philadelphia, Pa.?] : [Philadelphia Autumn Fair Association?], [1921?]], 1921), by Philadelphia Autumn Fair Association and Pa.) Commercial Museum (Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• L. Tilmon's narrative (Jersey City [N.J.] : W.W. & L.A. Pratt, printers, 1853., 1853), by Levin Tilmon and Randall K. Burkett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia colored directory a handbook of the religious, social political ... & other activities of the Negroes of Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Colored Directory Co., in the 20th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sermons preached in the African Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Thomas', Philadelphia (King & Baird, 1854), by William Douglass and King & Baird (page images at HathiTrust)
• Statistics of the colored people of Philadelphia. (T. E. Chapman, 1856), by Benjamin C. Bacon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Why Colored People in Philadelphia Are Excluded from the Street Cars, by Benjamin P. Hunt (Gutenberg ebook)

• A Sketch of Henry Franklin and Family (Philadelphia: Collins Printing House, 1887), by Philadelphia Inquirer (Firm) (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• A call upon the church for progressive action, to elevate the colored American people. (s.n., 1848) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Philadelphia colored directory; a handbook of the religious, social, political, professional, business and other activities of the Negroes of Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Colored Directory Co., 1908), by Richard R. Wright (page images at HathiTrust)

• Making it in 19th-century urban America : another Philadelphia story (U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, National Institute of Mental Health ;, 1976), by Bertram S. Brown and National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Early history of negroes in business in Philadelphia : read before the American Negro Historical Society, March, 1913 ([Philadelphia] : [Historical Society of Pennsylvania], [1913?], 1913), by Henry M. Minton (page images at HathiTrust)

• Constitution and by-laws of the Bishop Payne Historical and Literary Association of Union A.M.E. Church. ([Philadelphia] : [The Association], 1890., 1890), by Pa.). Bishop Payne Historical and Literary Association Union A.M.E. Church (Philadelphia and Charles Simpson Butcher (page images at HathiTrust)

• The present state and condition of the free people of color, of the city of Philadelphia and adjoining districts, as exhibited by report of a committee of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, &c. (The Society, 1838), by Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery (page images at HathiTrust)

• The present state and condition of the free people of color, of the city of Philadelphia and adjoining districts, as exhibited by report of a committee of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, &c. (The Society, 1838), by Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery (page images at HathiTrust)

• Annual report of the Association for the Care of Colored Orphans 1858-1891. (Printed for the Association by J. Rakestraw, 1837), by Pa.) Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (W. Brown, Printer, 1836), by Pa.) Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annual report of the Association for the Care of Colored Orphans 1858-1891 (printed for the Association by J. Rakestraw, 1837), by Pa.) Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney (page images at HathiTrust)

• Sketches of the Higher Classes of Colored Society in Philadelphia, By a Southerner (Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thompson, Printers, 1841), by Joseph Willson
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• Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching (Philadelphia: A.M.E. Book Concern, 1913), by Fanny Jackson Coppin (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Berean Manual Training and Industrial School : the third annual conference December 11th, 1902 Witherspoon Hall, Philadelphia. ([Philadelphia?] : [publisher not identified], [1903], 1903), by Pa.). Conference 1902) Berean Manual Training and Industrial School (Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)

• Solving the urban health care crisis : the role for prevention : hearing of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, on examining urban health care problems and the role of health delivery in preventive medicine in this commonwealth and in this city, throwing light on the problems of the nation and on legislation which hopefully will be enacted this year, March 15, 1993 (Philadelphia, PA). (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1994), by United States Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)

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